Autonomous Vehicles in 2015
Discussion
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30316458
Coventry, Milton Keynes, SE London and Bristol all testing driver less cars in 2015?
Personally, I'm not convinced we'll see these live on public roads until at least the tail end of the trial (if indeed we do see them at all) but in my opinion, it's very important that if this is proven to be successful, car manufacturers must not get excited or carried away with this. Let me explain:
Vehicles should be made as they are at the moment and given the option to be automatically driven - not an automatically driven vehicle that can be manually overridden. In my experience, a manual process given to a machine or computer usually turns out better (complex number crunching for example is better done on a computer than it is with a piece of paper and a pen) but, it seldom works the other way around.
We've seen state side that cars can be programmed to drive themselves. I can see how this would be beneficial - making a long, boring drive on dull, uneventful motorway better for example. But you'll want the option to turn this "auto-drive" mode off when you reach a nice quiet section of mountain road. When you do switch this off, you want a to be left with a car to drive, rather than something that doesn't even resemble a car in terms of feel or handling.
Coventry, Milton Keynes, SE London and Bristol all testing driver less cars in 2015?
Personally, I'm not convinced we'll see these live on public roads until at least the tail end of the trial (if indeed we do see them at all) but in my opinion, it's very important that if this is proven to be successful, car manufacturers must not get excited or carried away with this. Let me explain:
Vehicles should be made as they are at the moment and given the option to be automatically driven - not an automatically driven vehicle that can be manually overridden. In my experience, a manual process given to a machine or computer usually turns out better (complex number crunching for example is better done on a computer than it is with a piece of paper and a pen) but, it seldom works the other way around.
We've seen state side that cars can be programmed to drive themselves. I can see how this would be beneficial - making a long, boring drive on dull, uneventful motorway better for example. But you'll want the option to turn this "auto-drive" mode off when you reach a nice quiet section of mountain road. When you do switch this off, you want a to be left with a car to drive, rather than something that doesn't even resemble a car in terms of feel or handling.
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